Biorepository professional services

 

Biobank Startup, Reengineering and Change Management

The development of biospecimen repositories and associated clinical data for distribution to the research community can be a critical initiative for life science companies, academic medical centers, non-profit organizations, collaborating researchers, and clinical research organizations.  When properly planned and implemented, biobanks can serve as a strategic differentiator and critical enabler of innovation, a key component to a successful research enterprise, or even a source for new funding.
HCIT provides advisory services to help clients plan, acquire resources, and implement new biobanks, or leverage value found in existing repositories.  HCIT’s team of consultants can provide the following services:
  • Guidance on ethical, legal, technical, clinical and informatics solutions for human subjects research involving clinically annotated biospecimens.
  • Development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to improve biobanking quality including, but not limited to, sample quality, clinical data consistency and usability.
  • Development of SOPs including, but not limited to consent conversion rates, freezer storage efficiency, reduction in required operational staff and facilities.
  • Development of SOPs for biospecimen research use policies, marketing, distribution and licensing structures.
  • Training staff in new SOPs and assistance in the selection of systems to support these SOPs
  • Standard design and development of technology, facilities, equipment, sourcing and staff requirements.
  • Assistance in budgetary planning and program management oversight during implementation
  • Project Planning and Project Implementation Management. Our experienced staff can help you plan and manage the creation of your new biobank.
HealthCare IT has experience assisting clients with all of the above activities and can provide consulting services related to Process Reengineering and Change Management. We also provide a complete set of change management and process development services for an organization including everything from facilities design to development of job descriptions for biobank personnel.